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the cobras' 2011 season ended with a loss in the national semifinals. a successful season tarnished by a bitter rift among the team's coaches, parents and players over allegations that players were paid to play hard. >>> well, it's a real life cinderella story. the victim of schoolyard bullying becomes a homecoming princess when a cruel prank backfires. the ones who make us laugh, the ones with the strong shoulder to lean on, the ones we're named after, and the ones named after us. it takes all kinds of good to make a family. at new york life, everything we do is to help you keep good going. >>> when whitney crop was nominated for homecoming court by her classmates, she was thrilled. but her excitement soon turned to embarrassment and pain when she realized she was the victim of a cruel prank. now this michigan teen is turning the tables on her bullies. cnn's chris welsh has her story. >> reporter: a superstar practically overnight. 16-year-old whitney crop is a role model to anyone who's ever been bullied. >> we love you, whitney! >> reporter: but this
the cobras' 2011 season ended with a loss in the national semifinals. a successful season tarnished by a bitter rift among the team's coaches, parents and players over allegations that players were paid to play hard. >>> well, it's a real life cinderella story. the victim of schoolyard bullying becomes a homecoming princess when a cruel prank backfires. the ones who make us laugh, the ones with the strong shoulder to lean on, the ones we're named after, and the ones named after us. it...
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good morning to all of you in the nation's capital. good morning to all of you watching cnn. >>> on your next trip to the supermarket you may want to brace yourself. that's because the price of meat is going up. nobody is happy about it. farmers aren't happy. butchers aren't happy. you are not happy. cmn's athena jones has the reasons why. >> people love meat. >> reporter: meat has pride of place. >> what can i get for you, my friend? >> reporter: ham, pastrama, steak. it's all here. >> we're a meat-eating country, and no matter what people are going to find a way to get meat. >> reporter: but with prices for pork and beef expected to rise next year -- >> ahmed. >> reporter: this long-time meat man says consumers will have to pay more or get used to new cuts. >> what happened in the last increase is people went from eating a lot of primals to new york strips to porterhouses. they went to eating secondary cuts. >> everybody loves steak. >> reporter: the coming sticker shock will impact not just butchers, but restaurants and dinner table
good morning to all of you in the nation's capital. good morning to all of you watching cnn. >>> on your next trip to the supermarket you may want to brace yourself. that's because the price of meat is going up. nobody is happy about it. farmers aren't happy. butchers aren't happy. you are not happy. cmn's athena jones has the reasons why. >> people love meat. >> reporter: meat has pride of place. >> what can i get for you, my friend? >> reporter: ham, pastrama,...
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our mind as to what direction he's taking the nation. i mean, roland, could this one issue really keep african-americans away from the polls on election day? >> no, no. no, it's not. bottom line is when you look at the polling data -- i mean, look, did this issue cause some serious discussion within the black community? yes. were there people who were upset? yes. there have been pastors who have said they are not going to vote for the president because of this, yes. but also, there are pastors who also say they cannot vote for mitt romney because he's a mormon. a southern baptist convention has long taught that mormonism is a cult. and so i'm sitting here going okay, i got you, but in order to lay out like it's a trend, you need to at least have some data. at least have something to back it up. show me a survey, a study, a poll that says 30, 40, 50% of black christians are considering not voting or not voting for the president because of same-sex marriage. the article said nothing like that. and the problem for me is this here. that peop
our mind as to what direction he's taking the nation. i mean, roland, could this one issue really keep african-americans away from the polls on election day? >> no, no. no, it's not. bottom line is when you look at the polling data -- i mean, look, did this issue cause some serious discussion within the black community? yes. were there people who were upset? yes. there have been pastors who have said they are not going to vote for the president because of this, yes. but also, there are...
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watched that i was amazed by was the national anthem and that it's actually based on an english drinking song. >> there was an old poem that had been around for years and years and the tune was in fact a drinking song. francis scott key was a lawyer, and he was hired to defend an american who actually gave british soldiers quarter. he and this guy are on a ship drinking wine anchored outside ft. mchenry, bombs bursting in air when key writes "the star spangled banner." so, you know, he's drinking wine when he's writing it, and ultimately this is all set to an english drinking song, so, you know, i'm not saying we don't have a national anthem without booze, but we certainly don't have the one that we have without it. >> reporter: what is your favorite story about the influence of alcohol and the founding of the country? >> like, you can look, for instance, at lincoln's assassination. everybody knows the story, right? ford's theater, star saloon. john wilkes booth is in the saloon for half an hour, sitting there drinking, liquid courage. gets his courage up and leaves the room to shoot my
watched that i was amazed by was the national anthem and that it's actually based on an english drinking song. >> there was an old poem that had been around for years and years and the tune was in fact a drinking song. francis scott key was a lawyer, and he was hired to defend an american who actually gave british soldiers quarter. he and this guy are on a ship drinking wine anchored outside ft. mchenry, bombs bursting in air when key writes "the star spangled banner." so, you...
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some statements were made by the am bass do to the united nations, susan rice. now, peter king is calling for her to step down. here's what he told our wolf blitzer. >> i believe this was such a failure of foreign policy message and leadership, such a misstatement of facts, as were known at the time and for her to go on all of those shows and in effect be our spokesman for the world and misinform our allies and spokesmen around the world. someone has to pay the price for this. things go wrong and everyone forgets about it the next day. we have to send a clear message on such a vital issue like this where the american ambassador was killed, the presumptioned a to be it's terrorism. can see why they would have said it's too early to definitively rule out it was terrorism. to me, it was a terrible mistake to make whether intentionally or unintentionally, to show the significance, she should resign. >> the white house is standing by rice. they said everything she said in that interview was cleared by int interagency groups based on information they had and certainly
some statements were made by the am bass do to the united nations, susan rice. now, peter king is calling for her to step down. here's what he told our wolf blitzer. >> i believe this was such a failure of foreign policy message and leadership, such a misstatement of facts, as were known at the time and for her to go on all of those shows and in effect be our spokesman for the world and misinform our allies and spokesmen around the world. someone has to pay the price for this. things go...
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republican national convention and the empty chair moment. had you a chance to sit in a chair across clint eastwood to talk about that and his new movie "trouble with the curve." what's this about? >> no empty chairs in the room. by the way, during our entire conversation. now this movie that he's in, "trouble with the curve," it opens this weekend, so it's going to be actually really interesting to see if clint eastwood's rnc invisible obama chair speech and the subsequent "esquire" magazine article that he did criticizing the president will have any impact on ticket sales. when i sat down with him last week while he was promoting this movie, he told me that he has no regrets about that speech and that he also said when you get to be his age, you really don't have to worry what people say about you and the choices that you make anymore. now, i'm not sure that the studio likes hearing that because they want good publicity and a lot of buzz for their movie. but, you know, "trouble with the curve" stars amy adams and justin timberlake. and i wi
republican national convention and the empty chair moment. had you a chance to sit in a chair across clint eastwood to talk about that and his new movie "trouble with the curve." what's this about? >> no empty chairs in the room. by the way, during our entire conversation. now this movie that he's in, "trouble with the curve," it opens this weekend, so it's going to be actually really interesting to see if clint eastwood's rnc invisible obama chair speech and the...
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in the u.s., what are the consequences of a strike? i was part of a grup of 35 national security experts and retired generals and three former national security advisors to the president of the united states who all submitted signed to a report last week about what would the consequences be? i'm glad you said what you said because i think one of the consequences of striking now is that you would push iran towards the bottom. as you said, our national security establishment believes that iran has not yet made that decision. they're still sort of weighing their options and one of my fears is a guy who focuses on nuclear is if you attack them, then you're going to produce the very thing you seek to avoid they'll say, oh, yeah, we'll show you because iran is one of those sorts of countries, very prideful. you know, you attack us, fine, we'll show you, we'll build a bomb. i do worry about that. i don't think we're at that point right now. >> what is also so interesting, the next leader who that face is of iran and what changes they're going
in the u.s., what are the consequences of a strike? i was part of a grup of 35 national security experts and retired generals and three former national security advisors to the president of the united states who all submitted signed to a report last week about what would the consequences be? i'm glad you said what you said because i think one of the consequences of striking now is that you would push iran towards the bottom. as you said, our national security establishment believes that iran...